[Cardinal-devel] Cardinal Design Documents - Code Generation

[Dan Sugalski]

At 3:26 PM -0700 8/9/04, Phil Tomson wrote:
>On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, mark sparshatt wrote:
>
>>  Dan Sugalski wrote:
>>
>>  >>>> h2. MetaClasses
>>  >>>>
>>  >>>> Classes in Ruby are also objects. Parrot doesn't currently have
>>  >>>> support for metaclasses
>>  >>>
>>  >>>
>>  >>>
>>  >>> Bah. Let's fix this too. I'm fuzzy on metaclasses, unfortunately, as
>>  >>> I'm not a big OO guy. Time to change that, I guess.
>>  >>>
>>  >> The best explanation I've read, from a Ruby point of view, is the one
>>  >> in programming ruby http://www.rubycentral.com/book/index.html
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Argh! Another book I *must* buy! :) If you've one of those "I get a
>>  > cut of this if you buy it from my special clicky-link" URL handy (I
>>  > don't much care for whom :) I'll use that, otherwise I'll take a trip
>>  > to Powell's or Amazon later.
>>  >
>>  For the moment either Powell's or Amazon is the best place.
>>
>>  Though in the next few months the second edtion will be coming out and
>>  you'll be able to buy that directly from the writers at
>>  http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/
>
>Actually, Dan, you don't have to buy the book.  For now you can just read
>the online version at:
>http://whytheluckystiff.net/ruby/pickaxe/
>
>or:
>http://www.rubycentral.com/book/index.html
>
>Specifically the "Classes and Objects" section.

I know, I know, but I've met these guys, they're cool, and besides it 
may be expensable. :) Even if not I don't have a problem dropping 
cash on a good book.

>...Then you can buy the 2nd edition in October when it comes out ;-)

I'll just have to buy the second edition then and pass this one on to 
someone else. :)
-- 
				Dan

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